Traction-wheel cleat.



F. 1. 6:3. P. REMY & A. BERGER.

TRACTION WHEEL CLEAT.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.13, 1912.

g mm Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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FRANK I. EEIHY, BENJAMIN P. .R-EIVIY, AND ARTHUR BERG-ER, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA,

ASSIGNORS TO REMY BROTHERS COMPANY, OF ANDERSON. INDIANA, A COPART-' NERSHIP.

TRACTIONJVHEEL CLEAT.

ldhitistw. Specification of Letters Patent ltatented Mar. t t. in l at.

Application filed December 13. 1912. Serial No. 736,525.

To (luau/1'27)! that in one [)(f) .'li'l()ll.51\' Fig. 1. the eleat will lie 7? known that we. i 11 \NI-l limit, lie in the opening ll and he [lush wiih the. l l", litany. and --ri:'r.ui a Banana. external sin-taco of: the-run. while in the poeitizens of the ljnited States. a at residents i of ymierson. county of liladison. and State I of Indiana. have invented a certain new and l useiu! 'lraetion-lierl Clear; and we do horehv iieelare that the following i.- a i'ull.

clear. and exact de-eripiioii thereof. reteu sition shown lll i. the plate part of the eleat will project radially outward hevond the periphery of the wheel. When ihe eleat l in its inner position. as in Fig. the from end thereof bears against the underside of the hearing bracket so that the rleat can reonce being had to the accompan ing draw- 1 sist the pres ure or strain withou being ings. in which like letters refer to like parts. il f il inward. The hearing bracket l as ah The object ot this invention is to improve i opening L in it registering with a portion the construction of cleats in connection with 5 of the opening ll so that when the hi at. i, tractor wheels. ulnarehy when the cleats are i opened outward. as shown in 2. mud can not needed they will not project beyond the pass through the rim and bearing bracket periphery of the wheel rims. or. when i and not interl'ere with the operation of the needed. may h adjusted so as to project bedevice; The cleat is locked in its inner and yond the periphe y of the wheel. outer positions hy'uuaus cl a bar in which The chiel feature of the invention consists extends" lransx'erseiy of the wheel rim in providing openings in the wheel rim in 5 through openings in the ears of the hearing which the cleat may lie when not in use and bracket loose enough that said bar can he flush with the surlt'ace of wheel, but which removed. he eieai has in the periphery of may be pivoted and turned so as to project the inner portion thereof a pair of siots l7 outward beyond the rim oi": the wheel. A reabout 90" apart so that when the chat is in movable pin or othe means is provided for its inner position. the bars ll) will extend holding the cleat in each of its positions. through one oi said slots'and lock the eleat The nature of thc invention will be underin such position and when the eleat is turned stood from the accompanying drawings and outward the bar is inserted through the the following description and claims. other one of said slots and will lock the 0 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudident in that position. 1n this latter posinal section through a portion of the wheel tion also the cleatbears against the Wheel rim showing a cleat in an inoperative posirim at one end of the opening 11 at 18 which tion. Fig. 2 is the same showing the cleat in serves as an abutment to strengthen the poan operative position. Fig. 3 is a transverse sition of the cleat and enable it to resist section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. F ig. 4 is strain as the wheel travels. This latter is a a section through the wheel rim showing a very important feature as it cooperates with modified form of eleat in inoperative posithe pin 1 and locking bar 16 in holding the tion. F ig. shows the same, but with the cleat in plaeehgainst stress. eleat extending outward in operative posi- In the modified form shown in Figs. 4:, 5 0 tion. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section and 6, instead of the opening 11 there is a through a portion of the wheel rim ou the transverse slot 20 in the wheel rim andabearline (3-6 of Fig. 5. ing bracket 21 is shaped differently from the As herein shown there is a fragmentary other bearing bracket so that it has otherportion of the rim 10 of a tractor Wheel. In wise a transverse slot 22 in the bearing the first three figures said rim has an open' bracket which registers with the slot 20. ing 11 extending through it and on the inner Therefore, the slots 20 and 22 register, with surface of said rim and registering with said each other and in them there is a cleat 23 slot 11 there is a bearing bracket 12 having having substantially the shape of a shield two upwardly extending ears at the sides bewhich is pivoted on a fixed pin 24: in the tween Whichthe cleat 13 is mounted on a bearing bracket, said pin extending loosely pin 14 which extends through said ears. through a hole 25 in one corner of the cleat. The cleat consists of a plate of substantially 'There is a hole 25 in each of the three corthe same width as the opening 11 and with ners of the shield and the two curved sura head or rounded portion surrounding said faces of the shield are concentric With the pin 14, the parts being of'such dimensions opposite hole 25. Therefore, the cleat can I to that shown in Fig.

be turned from the position shown in Fig. 4:

tion shown in Fig. 4, a locking pin 27 is inserted for holding it in that position and then the cleat does 'not extend beyond the periphery of the wheel and close the opening or slot therethrough. hen it is desired to use the cleat, the pin 27 is removed and the:

cleat turned outward to the position shown in F ig;- 5, and the pin inserted through another hole in the cleat, but in the same holes in the bearing bracket 21. Inits outer position, it resists strain because it bears against the wheel rim along one side of the'slot 20 and also the bearing bracket holds the upper endin-place.

We claim as our invention:

1. A tractor wheel rim having an opening therein, a bearing bracket on the inner surface thereof at said opening, a 'cleat pivoted in said bearing bracket and adapted to be turned inward and lie in said opening and not extend beyond the outer surface of the wheel rim and to be turned outward, and removable lcckmg means in said bearing bracket for lockin g the cleat to said bracket when in its different positions.

2. A tractor wheel rim having an opening therein, a bearing bracket on the inner surface thereof at said opening, a cleat pivoted in said bearing bracket and adapted to be turned inward and lie in said opening and not extend beyond the outer surface of the wheel rim and to be turned outward, and a removable bar in said bearing bracket, said cleat having openings through it away from its pivotal center through which said looking bar is adapted to project for locking the cleat in its diflerentpositions.

When in the posipositions,

bracket for holding the cleat in its diflI'erent positions, said part's being arranged sothat when the cleatis, in 1ts outer position it will bear against the wheel rim alongone portion of said opening in the wheel rim. 7

4. A tractor wheel rim. having an opening therein, a-bearing-bracket on the inner surface thereof at said opening, a cleat pivoted in said bearing bracket and adapted to be turned inward and lie in said opening and not extend beyond the outersurface of the wheel rini' and to be turned outward, and removable locking 'means said bearing bracket for holding the cleat in its different of said openingin the wheel rim andv the bearing bracket arranged so as to engage the movement thereof.

In witness whereof, we fixed our signatures in witnesses herein named.

FRANK-L'REMY. BENJAMIN P. BEMY. ARTHUR BERGER.

have hereunto af- Witnesses p H. B. POLAND,

RUTH I, MILLER.

the presence of the said parts being arranged so that .when the cleat is in its outer position it will bear against the wheel rim along one portion free end of thecleat and limit the inward 

